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Neuroscientist Michael Gazzaniga ’61 explains what separates humans from other animals in Human: The Science Behind What Makes Us Unique (ecco). Tom Maremaa ’67 chronicles the struggles of Iraq war veterans trying to adjust to civilian life in his sixth novel, Metal Heads (Kunati Books). John Grossmann ’73 examines with Gordon Hempton why “natural quiet” isn’t part of our ecological agenda in One Square Inch of Silence: One Man’s Search for Natural Silence in a Noisy World (Free Press). Ulrich Boser ’97 tells the story behind the infamous 1990 theft of $500 million worth of paintings from a Boston museum in The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World’s Largest Unsolved Art Theft (HarperCollins). Daren Simkin ’04 follows the journey of a young boy who runs away from home in search of perfect happiness in his first book, The Traveler (Farrar, Straus and Giroux). Wisconsin School for Beginning Dairy and Livestock Farmers coordinator Richard L. Cates Jr. ’74 collects reminiscences of vanishing rural communities in Voices from the Heart of the Land: Rural Stories that Inspire Community (University of Wisconsin press). Ann Armbrecht ’84 chronicles her doctoral research in Nepal studying the relationship between villagers and the land in Thin Places: A Pilgrimage Home (Columbia University Press). Matthew Dickerson ’85 explores themes of sustainability and environmental stewardship in his seventh book, Narnia and the Fields of Arbol: The Environmental Vision of C.S. Lewis (University Press of Kentucky). Lee Cerveny ’87 presents conflicts between the tourism industry and local communities over natural resources in Nature and Tourists in the Last Frontier: Local Encounters with Global Tourism in Coastal Alaska (Cognizant Communication).